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• This report compares between two months: the period from 16 August to 15 September 2021,to the period from 16 September to 15 October 2021. Figure 1 illustrates the epidemiological curve starting from August 2020, presenting the characteristics of three COVID19 waves. The latest wave happened during the last reporting periods.
• Ministry of Health (MOH) has stopped random testing in areas with high previous infection rates or high vaccination coverage since June2011. Focusing on testing suspected cases, and a small number of contacts and travelers who need COVID-1919 free certificate.
• MOH has increased the use of rapid test for suspected cases while SARS-COV2-PCR is currently used mainly for unconfirmed cases and for travelers.
• The number of conducted tests decreased in parallel with decrease in number of suspected cases and the overall decrease in number of cases. Thae total number of conducted tests (both COVID-19 Antigen Rapid test and SARSCOV2-PCR test) decreased from 114910 between 16 August-15 Sep. 2021, to 91819 between 16 Sep-15 Oct.
• There was a decrease in number of newly reported cases between 16 August-15 Sep where they were 33387 cases compared to 27247 between 16 Sep-15 Oct.
• Decrease in new reported cases and in incidence rate of COVID-19 infection per 100,000 population in four districts was noticed during the second period, while there was an increase in those figures in Middle -area (Figures 2 and 3).